yes, when i tried to start, postgresql service using init.d its gave me the error removed stale pid, postgresql failed to start.
Regards, Itishree On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 8:05 PM, Kevin Grittner <kgri...@ymail.com> wrote: > Alban Hertroys <haram...@gmail.com> wrote: > > itishree sukla <itishree.su...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Can any one give me more suggestion, about this problem. Every > >> time my os got restart, postmaster.pid is missing. > > The pid file should only be present when postgres is running. A > clean OS shutdown should stop postgres, which should result in the > pid file being deleted. > > > Did you perhaps use reboot instead of shutdown -r? The former > > doesn't do a clean shutdown. That's how it is on *BSD at least, I > > don't know about Linux but I assume it behaves the same. > > No, `reboot` actually calls `shutdown -r now` in the distros I've > used, including Ubuntu; unless you run it with the --force option. > > > Check the logs to see if there are any errors when postgres tries > > to start up. It could be something as simple as a library version > > mismatch, or it could be data corruption in the database files. > > Right, checking the log files is the thing to do. Adding or > deleting a pid file is just about never the right thing to do. > > -- > Kevin Grittner > EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com > The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company >
